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Collection Online as of May 23, 2022

Mirror with Twin Dragons and Lotus Blossoms

雙龍荷花鏡

1338

China, Shanxi province, Hezhong, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Bronze

Diameter: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)

Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.388

Location

239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Fun Fact

This intricate mirror was donated in honor of Sherman Lee, the museum's longest tenured director.

Inscriptions

Inscription

河中府馬溝玉家自家門人監造白銅鏡

Inscription Translation

White mirror cast under the supervision of retainers from the house of Ma Gouyu in the prefecture of Hezhong.

Inscription

至元四年

Inscription Translation

Fourth Year of Zhiyuan

Provenance
Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI
Citations
Chou, Ju-hsi. Circles of reflection: the Carter collection of Chinese bronze mirrors. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000. Reproduced: cat. no. 87, pp. 92, 109, 125
Exhibition history

Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000); China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1995.388